Re: MySQL support for PHP5. Please help

[Peter Hodge <toomuchphp-phpinstall@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

If you have MySQL installed, then you already have the libraries.  Just
configure PHP:

  --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql


regards,
Peter



--- "Jaysen B. Johnson, EMT-B" <jaysen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello:
> 
> I am running a Fedora Core 5 system as a web server with Apache 2.2.3, PHP
> 5.1.5, and MySQL 5.0.22
> 
> I would like to setup a PostNuke CMS website which uses PHP and MySQL. 
> However, when I get to the point where it needs to connect to my database to
> install the tables I get the following error.  Fatal error: Call to undefined
> function mysql_connect() 
> 
> Doing some research on this error tells me this is due to not having PHP
> compiled with MySQL support.  When I try to compile PHP 5 with MySQL support
> it fails saying it cannot find the libraries.  I understand that PHP 5 does
> not come bundled with the libraries or headers anymore.  
> 
> Where can I get the libraries I need to compile PHP5 with MySQL support so my
> CMS site will work?   I've searched google and have also tried rpmfind.net
> and the yum repositories.  I've even searched the downloads at MySQL website
> and have had no luck with this.  
> 
> Can someone please help me with this?    Your help is greatly appreciated
> 
> Jaysen



		
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